typhoon Haiyan

• when did the storm develop

  2nd November 2013 and began as a depression over Micronesia
• Tacloban risk factors

  rural to urban migration causes high population density (often building own houses on hillsides or by the coast)

  vulnerable to storms as it is low lying
• storm surge

  6m high and 1km inland

  flooding and landslides
• Social impacts

  6,000 deaths 1,000 missing

  2million homeless

  90% of tacloban destroyed

  diseases spread due to poor sanitation
• economic impacts

  $2bn in damage

  77% of farmers lost their source of income

  airport was damaged
• environmental impacts

  trees blocked roads

  barge Leaked 85,000 litres of oil into the sea
• who monitored the storm

  philippine atmospheric geophysical and astronomical services administration (PAGASA)
• how was evacuation implemented

  police sent to certain areas to help in advance

  people were waned to evacuate high risk areas
• aid

  by the 11th November 7 provinces had been placed under a state of national calamity meaning the gov controlled prices of good and provided aid

  WHO coordinated international response
• public response

  people faced water shortages

  tried to leave tacloban by cargo plane , people became frustrated

  widespread looting caused some agencies to withdraw aid due to safety concerns
• Political Criticism

  Aquino gov faced criticism for slow response and for giving the bureau of fire responsibility for handling the dead rather than department of health